North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Basketball News

The third-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse team were busy getting ready for their upcoming 2013 NCAA Tournament quarter-final matchup with the 20th-ranked Virginia Cavaliers at Finley Fields in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Wednesday.

Oregon's Janie Takeda heads home to her jubilant teammates after hitting a grand slam home run on May 5 against Oregon State.

The 7th-ranked Virginia baseball team knocked around North Carolina like no other team has so far this season, as the 10 runs and 17 hits in the series opener are the most the second-ranked Tar Heels have given up this year.

JANUARY 26: Rodney Purvis #0 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack encourages the crowd to get loud during a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at PNC Arena on January 26, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Appalachian State pitchers Jeffrey Springs and Tyler Moore limited one of the nation's top offensive attacks to four hits but Appalachian managed just one hit of its own in a 2-0 loss to second-ranked North Carolina Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium.

The Tar Heels took a charter to Portland, giving them plenty of space to spread out.

This is Amelia Rayno's second season on the Gophers' basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

The easiest slots to solve will come in the Coastal Division because first-place North Carolina welcomes second-place Virginia for a three-game series that starts tonight at Boshamer Stadium.

Losers of 14 of its past 23 and its past three weekend series, Georgia Tech summoned its best to take North Carolina two of three from the Tar Heels, both wins in walk-off fashion.

THIS WEEK Friday, May 17 -- vs. No. 7 UCLA , 7 p.m. CDT Sunday, May 19 -- if win, vs.

In 2005, senior Sean May and junior Raymond Felton led the Tar Heels to a national championship.

North Carolina catcher Matt Roberts is expected to sit out at least one more game as he recovers from a concussion suffered last week.

This is Amelia Rayno's second season on the Gophers' basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

Andrew Wiggins will sign Tuesday at around 12:15. He will not hold a press conference type ceremony.

After winning the Big Ten tournament and clinching the conference's auto-bid, the Badgers head west for their first NCAA game on Thursday.

Freshman attackman Case Matheis scored with 1:40 remaining in the second overtime period to propel seventh-seeded Duke to a 12-11 victory against defending national champion Loyola in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for men's lacrosse Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.

As realignment continues to reshape Division I NCAA basketball, some big-time conferences will be getting new title contenders as soon as next season.

As a bit of a history buff, the most enjoyable part of counting down the top 75 IndyStar Indiana All-Stars has been combing through old newspaper stories about the players on the list.

The No. 11 Loyola University Maryland women's lacrosse team saw its season come to an end Sunday afternoon at Fetzer Field, as the Greyhounds dropped an 19-9 contest to No.

Weiman was named the ACC championship MVP. For the week, she was 3-0 with 15 strikeouts while pitching every inning for the Wolfpack.